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Energy independence is the goal of University of Maine research exploring ecologically sustainable alternatives to petroleum. UMaine scientists and engineers are looking to the state's renewable natural resource bases — from its forests and agricultural fields to its tidal pools — to find alternative energy solutions. The largest of these research initiatives focuses on the production of forest-based bioproducts, developing methods for transforming waste products from paper processing and other wood-based enterprises into fuels, chemicals and plastics.